Hey guys, it's me, Rich Wharton. I finally found my password and username.
Sorry if it's been so long. I need to be honest, though.
The adapters I built for the first two generations tended to fail and strip the threads out on the longer "L" screws over time. A dutchman in Dallas developed a really cool alternative for me, and I've generally had success with these adapters. They use Racermate's chrome parts, but they fit the screw holes of the Kinetics. Now, the ONLY real problem I've run in to with these has been when dealing with 650c and 24" wheels. This is what's keeping me from releasing them. This is a hobby for these guys, and while it's the way I make my living (running the studio at the Cycling Center Dallas - "Like" my FB page, gang!), it puts me at their mercy and between other projects. Furthermore, I have no idea how to describe what I want to a machinist who could pump these out by the dozens.
So I WANT to sell these to you, and no, I won't sell them for $200. That's ludicrous. I may be able to work on this project in August, but until then, I don't know how to help get these out to more people, since I'm using the ones I have, and I'm working full time to get people in to the studio.
That's really about it - I can't make any promises, and unless someone knows a local machinist in DFW area with time on their hands, it's just not a priority. I'll keep plugging, but I'm focused on coaching, redeveloping my website, finishing the studio with lights and more A/C, and ripping up the floorboards one more time to iron out some DIN cable problems. OH, and the guy that runs CTant+ lives about 6 blocks from the studio, and we may try to ANT+ the whole entire studio for GSC10 cadence and HR, and possibly work on auto-calibration between PM's and CT's, though that is WAYYYYYYYY out there on the list of priorities.
I will try to get a good camera and shoot some photos in good light, and maybe try to post them somewhere, if you want to try your hand at it. It's simple, yet it isn't. I know it would and could sell, and heck, I've even tried to get KINETIC to do something, to no avail.
Whatever you do, don't trust RM to do anything to update their hardware. I think that is the one single most frustrating thing I have to deal with on a daily basis. No backlights, no wireless cadence or HR (after $1500 in HR receivers bought from them, I don't trust them when they say, "We finally got it right this time."), and of course, no wireless connection to the PC. It should be easier than this. But whatever.
Finally, if you want to get the most out of your CT, go buy a couple of DVD's from ErgVideo and start planning for 2012. I use them year-round, have his entire collection on two PC's, and my clients are getting more bang per buck per minute through these than anything else. THey're absolutely amazing. They make RM's stuff, well, trite.
Richard Wharton, USAC L1 since 1997.
Technology, Application, Attention, Success
http://www.onlinebikecoach.com,
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